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Are You an EXTREME Leader?

I love this post on Extreme Leadership by Drew McLellan.  A lot of people think that leadership is a label that some people are born with or that leadership just come naturally to some; but as McLellan points out, extreme leadership comes with great responsibility and effort. An extreme leader is never done; no matter how great a leader you think you are, there is always room for improvement. To really truly be considered a leader, you must create more leaders, or else there is no legacy. Although leadership does take effort, anyone can do it – it comes straight from the heart, you can’t buy it or fake it. This tip is my favourite: leadership is an action verb, not a label; leadership is all about doing rather than talking, real leaders are getting it done rather than posing and wearing the leadership label.  You can read McLellan’s full post here.  So, are you an extreme leader creating other leaders, or a just poser?